RAJANPUR: At least eight passengers were killed while another 17 were injured, five of them seriously, when two buses had a head on collision in the wee hours of Monday at Shahwali area of Rojhan here Monday.
Incharge Rescue 1122 Control Room Rahat told this news agency that a Peshawar bound bus of a private company first hit a tractor trolley, reported due to overspeeding and fog leading to head on collision with another bus coming to Rojhan from Quetta. DNA
He informed that as a result, eight passengers were killed and 17 others wounded, including some with head injuries and multiple fractures. Five critically injured passengers were rushed to Shaikh Zayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan while others were shifted to RHC Rojhan after first aid, he stated. Later, they were hospitalized as THQ Rojhan, In charge control room explained.
Meanwhile, Rescue 1122 DEO, Dr Aslam said that the dead were identified as Ghulam Shabbir (22), Nadir (40), Bhutto (7), Kaifat ullah (33), Kashif (21), Imran (30), Sher Zaman (45) and other unknown passenger succumbed to injuries.
